Category Archives: One Single Impression

Behind the Red Door

Georgian doors, Sandycove
Doors in Sandycove, County Dublin, Ireland
 


naked tsunami
crashing behind the red door—
a woman, her man

 
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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Peace

The Gravediggers
John Kavanagh’s Pub (The Gravediggers), Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland


evening reverie
contemplating suds of peace
in a Guinness glass

 
Text and photo © 2013 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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Buoyed by Grace

Tortured tree
Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
 


Imagine a tree
tortured, twisted and tattered
but buoyed by grace.

 
Text and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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Geraniums

Rooftop geraniums
Instituto Baden Powell, Morelia, Michoacán, México
 


geraniums
mimicking bonsai trees
hug the red wall

 
Text and photo © 2012 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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Golden Lace

Saltcedar at dusk
Tamarisk tree (saltcedar), Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
 


Dancing at twilight,
clad only in golden lace—
Lady Saltcedar.

 
Text and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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Whispers

Tree litter
Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
 


twisted limb-litter
cluttering the wilderness—
whispers of a tree

 
Text and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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More One Single Impression: “Tree”
 
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Voices

Mystery
Dusk, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
 


Deep desert silence—
struggle to hear the voices
muffled by the earth.

 
Text and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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Shining

Blue glass
Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
 


to glow though broken,
to shine despite the gloaming—
the nature of things

 
Text and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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Nature Paints

Shadow dance
Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
 


Stealthily she comes,
brushing shadows in the sand,
then wipes them away.

 
Text and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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Too Many Lovers

Rusting bedsprings

Discarded bedsprings, Sonoran Desert, Southern Arizona
 


too many lovers
bouncing the motel bedsprings
someone set them free

 
Text and photo © 2011 by Magical Mystical Teacher
 
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